Derek Day
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| Born | 29 November 1927 Barnet, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 March 2015 (aged 87) Goudhurst, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Field hockey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Derek Malcolm Day KCMG (29 November 1927 – 7 March 2015)[1] was a British diplomat and field hockey player who competed ta the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Day was educated at Hurstpierpoint College and studied at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] In between his studies he completed National Service in the Royal Artillery.[3]
He represented Great Britain in the field hockey tournament at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki.[3][4] winning a bronze medal.[5] Day competed in all of the matches except the bronze medal play off when Graham Dadds was given an opportunity to play.[3]
He played hockey for Southgate Hockey Club at club level and Middlesex at county level.[6]
Day joined the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1951 and went on to serve as UK Ambassador to Ethiopia from 1975 to 1978, and UK High Commissioner to Canada from 1984 to 1987. He was made KCMG in 1984, having been made CMG in 1973.[7]
Honours
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References
[edit]- ↑ "Day - Derek Malcolm KCMG". telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ↑ ‘DAY, Sir Derek (Malcolm)’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014
- 1 2 3 "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 July 2025.
- ↑ "British Hockey changes". Nottingham Evening Post. 22 July 1952. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "OUR HOCKEY CORRESPONDENT. "Hockey." Times [London, England] 27 May 1952". The Times.
- ↑ "Changes in Cheshire XI". Liverpool Daily Post. 28 December 1951. Retrieved 17 July 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Day, Sir Derek (Malcolm), (29 Nov. 1927–7 March 2015), HM Diplomatic Service, retired; High Commissioner to Canada, 1984–87". Who's Who 2019. 1 December 2016. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.u13268. ISBN 978-0-19-954089-1. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
External links
[edit]- Derek Day at Team GB
- Derek Day at Olympedia
- Interview with Sir Derek Malcolm Day & transcript, British Diplomatic Oral History Programme, Churchill College, Cambridge, 1997
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- 1927 births
- 2015 deaths
- People educated at Hurstpierpoint College
- Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- British men's field hockey players
- Olympic field hockey players for Great Britain
- Field hockey players at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in field hockey
- Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ethiopia
- High commissioners of the United Kingdom to Canada
- Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
- Knights Bachelor
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Southgate Hockey Club players